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  • Aid workers: Israel not granting work visas for new employees

    Date: 2017-09-05 19:58:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:6976546

    RAMALLAH, Sept 5 (MENA) - Israel has suspended granting work visas for new foreign charity workers arriving in the country, humanitarians say, in a move that could impede aid to Palestinians. Dozens of aid workers from major international NGOs ....

  • Yemeni PM says Iran’s agenda failed in Arab region

    Date: 2017-09-05 19:41:07 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:6976486

    ADEN, Sept 5 (MENA) – Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin-Daghr met Tuesday with commander of the Arab Coalition Forces in Yemen Brig. Ahmed Abu Majed, the commander of the Saudi Forces Brig. Abdulaziz Islam as well as the commanders of the ....

  • Saudi FM says Iran destabilizing region through Hezbollah, terrorist attacks

    Date: 2017-09-05 18:14:31 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:6976443

    RIYADH, Sept 5 (MENA) - Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir on Tuesday accused Iran of trying to destabilize the region depending on Hezbollah group and terror attacks. “Iran is destabilizing the region through Hezbollah and terrorist ....

  • You kept promise, set great role model for next generations - Assad to army

    Date: 2017-09-05 18:00:23 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:6976449

    DAMASCUS, Sept 5 (MENA) - Syrian President Bashar al Assad on Tuesday congratulated his army that broke Daesh siege that has been imposed on Deir ez-Zor city for more than three years. "You have proved, through your steadfastness in the face of ....

  • Jordan condemns Myanmar violence against Rohingya Muslims

    Date: 2017-09-05 15:14:46 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:6976214

    AMMAN, Sept 5 (MENA) - Jordan condemned the crimes against Rohingya Muslims minority in Rakhin state in Myanmar, which led to the killing and the fleeing of thousands of innocent people in the southeast Asian country. State Minister for Media ....

  • Yemen's cholera epidemic hits 600,000, confounding expectations

    Date: 2017-09-05 12:57:38 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:6975846

    GENEVA, Sept 5 (MENA) - Yemen's cholera outbreak has infected 612,703 people and killed 2,048 since it began in April, and some districts are still reporting sharp rises in new cases, data from the World Health Organization and Yemen's health ....

  • MOAS says operations in Libya suspended, to help Rohingya refugees

    Date: 2017-09-04 20:54:29 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:6975095

    LONDON, Sept 4 (MENA) - A humanitarian organisation that has saved the lives of 40,000 migrants in the Mediterranean has suspended its operations, citing security concerns and "increasing instability" off the coast of Libya, The Telegraph reported ....

  • 2 Russian soldiers killed in Daesh shelling on Syria's Deir ez-Zor

    Date: 2017-09-04 20:51:33 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:6975084

    MOSCOW, Sept 4 (MENA) - Two Russian servicemen have been killed in mortar shelling conducted by Daesh terrorists, Russia Today quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying Monday. "The contract soldiers were escorting a vehicle convoy of the ....

  • Libyan parliament speaker receives French FM

    Date: 2017-09-04 20:28:16 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:6975085

    TOBRUK, Sept 4 (MENA) - Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives Aqilah Saleh received French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in Tobruk on Monday, Libya's Al-Wasat online newspaper reported. The meeting was attended by French ambassador ....

  • US-backed forces seize Raqqa's Old City from Daesh

    Date: 2017-09-04 19:56:15 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:6975063

    WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (MENA) - US-backed forces in Syria have captured the Old City of Raqqa, the latest milestone in their ongoing assault against Daesh, according to a US military statement on Monday. Kurdish and Arab fighters with the Syrian ....

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